Registering mechanism



Mardi 24 1942 E. KLAHN K 2,277,114

REGISTERING MECHANISM v INVENTOR EDw/N KLAHN B ATTORNEYS March 24, 1942. l E. KLAHN REGISTERING MECHANISM Filed Nov. 21, 19384 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .T111 .F.lJl a ma INVENTOR 10 EDWIN KLAHN B /Z n ATTORNEYS Egg 101,.4

Patented Mar. 24, 1942 REGISTERING MECHANISM Edwin Klahn, New York, N. Y., assignor to Adolph C'. Blechner, New York, N. Y.

yApplication November 21, 1938, Serial No. 241,567

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to a registering mechanism and particularly relates to such a mechanism as may be utilized as a calendar or associated with a small bank.

Further, it has not been possible Without undue complication and expense to provide a registering device which would be tamper-proof and at the same time would operate satisfactorily and accurately over long periods of time and which could be readily reset by the institution when the bank was returned and which at the same time will be capable of recording the accurate number of days per month as contrasted to the usual devices which record the same number of days for every month.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improved registering device of the character above described which may be of gearless construction, will accurately register the number of days of each month and may be distributed without too great cost and which would be durable and which would withstand handling even though considerably handled over long periods of time before return to the institution to be opened.

Another object is to provide an improved automatic or registering device of the character above described which would have a relatively simple recording mechanism which could not be readily tampered with and which, at the same time, could be readily opened and reset to Zero position when returned to the banking institution.

Other objects will be obvious or will appear during the course of the following specification.

In accomplishing the above objects, it has been found most satisfactory, according to one embodiment of the present invention to provide a readily detachable casing which casing may be provided With a lever or with a coin actuated device. In the latter case it is provided with slots to receive a coin and to discharge said coin in turn into the interior of the bank.

Preferably, an arrangement is provided by means of which a coin will be carried by a reciprocatory plate or carrier which plate or carrier may be actuated from the exterior of the bank to carry the coin from inserted position to discharge position.

At the same time, another plate may be provided actuated by the movement of the coin to operate a ratchet which ratchet may be provided tering belt.

This belt, or strip, as the case may be, might be caused to pass a, window through whichan external reading may be had.

The ratchet mentioned is preferably provided with a detent which might be conveniently disengaged together with the pawl when the strip is to be reset by the banking institution without dismantling the registering mechanism.

In a preferred form of the present invention there are provided two cylinders, one of which carries the ratchet over which a continuous strip of paper or cloth passes, said cloth or paper carrying suitable indicia.

At the same time, the casing is provided with an opening over which this strip is passed so that an external reading may be had.`

The above and other objects will appear clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, will illustrate a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

Figure l is a front elevational view of the registering mechanism with a portion of the casing broken away to show the interior construction;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View upon the line 2 2 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a side sectional view upon the line 3 3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional viewupon the line 4 4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a side sectional view upon the line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figures 6 and 7 are side sectional views similar to Figure 3 showing other positions of the plates;

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional View upon the line 8 8 of Figure '7;

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional View upon the line 9 9 of Figure 2; and

Figure 10 isk a front elevational View illustrating the location of the coin receiving device of the present invention in a bank device to be distributed by an institution.

Figure 10a is a side view of the upper portion of the tank of Figure 10.

Figure 10b is a plan view of the key upon enlarged scale as compared to Figures 10 and 10a.

Referring to Figure 10, the bank A, has abase I0, a casing I l and receives the registering mechanism C having the slot or window l2 through which a reading may be had.

The registering mechanism C is provided with a casing E, a pivotally mounted coin throw over plate F, a ratchet actuating or pawl plate G, up-

per and lower cylinders H and I, the lower carrying a ratchet, a detent element or plate J, and a resetting element K.

Referring first to the casing E, the top wall I3 of the casing is provided with a coin-receiving slot I4, and the side wall I5 is provided with a coin-ej ecting slot I6.

The coin enters through the slot I4 and is discharged into the casing II through the slot I6.

The coin throw over plate F is pivotally mounted by the screw I1 upon the wall I8 and it fits closely against the wall I8.

The plate F has the inwardly turned elements I8, 20 and the outwardly extending element 2I, al1 of which are struck off from the body thereof. The element 2| serves as a handle and projects through the slot 22a in the wall I8 to enable reciprocation of the plate F. The flanges I8 and 20 project inwardly to receive a coin M, as indicated best in Figure 5.

The plate also has an inturned portion 22 struck o from the body thereof which cooperates with the upper turned over portion 23 of the leaf spring 24. The leaf spring 24 is riveted at 25 to the base plate 26.

The spring 24 normally presses the plate F in the direction indicated by the arrow 21 so that the turned up lug I9 will contact the wall 28 of the casing E.

The vertical reciprocating plate G is provided at its edges with inturned portions 28 (see Figure 4), which rest against the inturned lugs 30 from the side walls 28 and I5. cient space between the plates F and G, indicated by the arrows 3I to receive the coin which is inserted through the slot I4.

The side edges of the plate G ride against the walls I5 and 28 and are held in position thereby and the guide strips 32 (see Figure 4) hold the plate G closely against said turned in lugs 3U.

The lower portion of the plate G is provided with an elongated slot 33 which receives the coil spring 34. The plate G is provided with a lug 35 to which the upper end 36 of the coil spring is connected. The lower end of the spring 34 is connected to the base or floor 26 of the casing E.

To the side of the plate G is attached a strip 31, preferably of thin spring steel which has an inturned lug 38 at its upper end (see Figure 2) and has an upturned resilient tongue 39 which cooperates with the ratchet 40 at the end of the cylinder I.

The lower end 40a of the strip 31 projects through the kopening 4I in' the base plate 26 of the casing E.

From the wall I8 of the casing E is inturned the coin directing lug 42 which directs the coin M upwardly and out through the slot I6 when the lever F is thrown in the direction 43 by the handle member 2 I.

At the same time, the plate G is provided with an inturned or turned down coin engaging lug 44 against which the coin presses when injected by the lever F resulting in elevation of the plate G and in advance of the ratchet 40 by the spring member 39 by one tooth.

. As soon as the coin is passed out through the slot I6, the spring 34 will normally pull said plate G downwardly.

The cylinders H and I are provided with the central drums 45 and 46 which receive the registering strip N and they have the side flanges 41 and 48 which hold the strip N in position.

On the lower cylinder I, one of the side fianges takes the form of the ratchet 40.

Part of the Wall 50, as indicated in Figure 2,

This leaves sufliis pressed out, as indicated at 5I to form a opening to receive the strip N.

On the back of pressed out portion 5I the spring member 53 is carried by the rivet 52, which has the inturned lips 54 to hold the registering strip tautly in position as it passes across the window in being rolled from the cylinder H onto the cylinder I.

Each of the cylinders is provided with the shouldered end portions 55, 56, 51. The terminal portions 51 act as trunnions and fit into openings 58 in the side walls I5 and 28 of the casing E.

The detent plate J has an opening 59 which is received on the shoulder 56 of the cylinder H and it also has the downwardly dependent detent element 68 engaging the teeth of the ratchet 40. The outwardly extending portion 6Ia is designed to cooperate with the lug 38 of the strip 31 carried by the plate G.

The leaf spring 62 is riveted to the wall 50 at 6I and it has a portion 63 which tends to press against the portion 64 of the detent element J tending to move it in the direction indicated by the arrow 55 in Figure 2.

The plate G, at its lower edge, has the inturned flange 66, which normally rests upon the peak 61 of the upturned portion 68 on the plate K.

The plate K has a pivotal connection 69 to the base 26 and it also has a down turned lug portion 10 which rides in the slot 1I and enables said peak 61 to be turned from operative position to inoperative position.

When the peak 61 ismoved in the direction indicated by the arrow 12, in Figure l, the lug 66 will be permitted to move downwardly and the spring 34 will draw down the plate G. This will disengage the pawl 39 from the ratchet 40. At the same time, the lip 38 will press against the projection 6I and move the plate J so that the detent 60 is disengaged from the ratchet 40.

In operation, the coin M is inserted in the slot I4 and then is received between the swinging plate F and the reciprocating plate G.

The coin is held in position by means of the flanges I9 and 20 on the swinging plate. Then the plate is moved in the direction 43 from the position of Figure 5 to the position indicated in Figures 6-7.

Upon this movement, the coin will strike the flanges 42 and 44 respectively projecting from the wall I8 and the reciprocating plate G.

When the coin strikes the tang or inwardly turned portion 42, as indicated inv Figure 6 continued propulsion of the coin by the flange I9 will cause the coin to elevate the flange 44 to the position shown in Figure 7. This will elevate the plate G from the position of Figure 6 to the position of Figure '7 extending the spring 34.

The movement of the swinging plate F will be limited by contact between said plate and the flange 42, as indicated in Figure 7, said flange 42 contacting the inside edge 42a of the recess 42h, in the swinging plate F.

At the eXtreme position of the plate F, as shown in Figure 1, the coin M will be projected into the casing of the tank A.

During this upward movement of the plate G, the pawl 39 will have moved the ratchet 40 one tooth resulting in the designating strip N being moved from the roller H to the roller I by one position and exposing a different indication through the window I2.

The detent 60 will prevent any reverse movement of the pawl 40 and at the same time will hold the pawl in position during the successive movements of the reciprocating plate G. As soon as the coin is. released, the plate G will be returned to its prior position by the spring 34 with the ange 66 at its lower edge abutting the peak 6l' of the contact member K, as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

At the same time, the spring 23 will return the swinging plate F to its initial position as shown in Figures 2 and 5 from the ejecting position shown in Figures 6 and 7.

Ordinarily, the strip N is of sucient length so that it will record the contents of the bank until the bank is completely lled.

When the bank is returned to the institution to be opened, the bottom ID may be removed .by an operating latching device such as shown in my copending application, Serial No. 241,568, filed November 21, 1938, and the contents of the bank may then be removed.

At the same time, the indicator strip N may be returned to zero position. This is accomplished by reaching up through the casing Il and swinging the plate K in the direction 12 by the handle portion T0.

When this plate is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow 12, 1n Figure 1, the spring 34 will draw down the reciprocating plate G re moving the pawl 39 from the ratchet 40.

At the same time, the lug 38 will strike the projection 6I on the plate J (see Figures 2 and 8) and the strength of the spring 34 will be such that the detent 60 will be moved away from the ratchet 40. Then the rollers H and I may be moved by the turning knob or key so as to turn the indicator strip N to zero position.

As soon as this adjustment has been made the plate K will be turned back to the position shown in Figures 1 and 3, the plate G will be elevated and the spring 62 will cause the plate member J to move so that the detent 60 again engages the ratchet 4D.

It is thus apparent that there is provided a simple, compact, durable and inexpensive registering mechanism particularly designed for small banks but also having many other applications.

The strip N may carry a calendar as well as other indicia and it may be used in any particular connection where a device is to be operated by a coin.

The device is very compact and only requires a small space inside the bank and it is very possible to get large, clear type upon the indicator strip N. The device cannot be readily tampered with and it may be readily reset. g

A particular advantage of the present invention resides in the fact that the device is devoid of gearing enabling a more useful and simpler construction which may record any number of days or months or years or coins without being limited by the ratio or arrangement of the gearing.

The capacity of the device may be readily changed by changing the size of the rollers or drums H and I and the number of teeth upon the ratchet 40 may be considerably varied.

Regardless of the number of teeth on the ratchet 40, the strip may be continuously fed from the upper drum H to the lower drum I and the number of teeth on the ratchet 40 need not correspond to the number'of days, months, years or coins, as the case may be.

The key shown in Figure 10b and in utilization in Figures 10 and 10a may be utilized for opening the bottom of the bank as shown in the manner described in the copending application, in which case the recess i001) will cooperate with the bottom plate of the bank or it may be utilized as indicated to reset the device back to zero by means of the slot |000, shown in Figure 2, the end portion Id of the key of Figure l0 fitting into said slot lUUc.

It will be noted that it is not possible to reset the registering mechanism without the key of Figure 10b and that the key of Figure 10b, nevertheless, is of relatively simple construction.

Moreover, the drums when reset by the key of Figure 10b can only be reset in a reverse direction to the feed of the strip N, said reverse direction being indicated in Figure 2 by the dotted arrow I 00e.

It is apparent that the specic illustrations shown above have been given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation and that the structures above described are subject to wide variation and modification without departing from the scope or intent of the invention, all of which variations and modications are to be included within the scope of the present invention.Y

What is claimed is:

1. In a coin actuated registering device, a box like structure having a coin receiving slot in one wall and a coin ejecting slot in an adjacent wall, said slots lying in the same plane, two plates positioned closely adjacent to still another wall which last mentioned wall is parallel to the plane of the slots, said plates being spaced suiciently apart to receive a coin between them, the space between them extending from the coin receiving slot to the coin ejecting slot, one plate being pivotally mounted on a wall of said box and having outstanding lugs to receive a coin from said receiving slot and to carry it to said ejecting slot upon movement of the plate from adjacent the first slot to adacent the second slot and the other plate being mounted for reciprccatory movement and having a lug actuated by the coin carried by the pivotally mounted plate.

2. The device of claim 1 in which said structure includes a registering ratchet and said reciprocatory plate carries means to actuate said ratchet.

3. The device of claim l, said reciprocatory plate being provided with a spring biasing it away from said coin receiving slot, and means to releasably stop and limit the movement of said reciprocatory plate by said spring.

4. The device of the claim 1 in which said structure is provided with a registering ratchet and said reciprocatory plate carries an actuating pawl for said ratchet, said structure also including a xed pawl for said ratchet, and means to release said actuating pawl and said xed pawl to enable resetting of said ratchet.

EDWIN KLAHN. 

